Our entities in Italy
Discover our entities in Italy.
At the core of Société Générale's universal banking business model, the Corporate & Investment Bank is a well-diversified and leading player with 11,000 professionals present in over 33 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. In Italy, SG CIB employs about 180 persons dedicated to three main areas: Investment Banking, Global Finance and Global Markets. Standing by its clients across sectors, the Corporate & Investment Bank tailors solutions for them by capitalizing on its worldwide expertise.
Over the years, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has built strong relationships with and delivered financial solutions to a targeted and well diversified Italian client base encompassing corporates, financial institutions, public, sovereign and investors, both institutional and retail.
SG CIB Italy has been rewarded several times in 2009:
Investment Banking
#1 All Italian Euro denominated Bonds (IFR)
# 2 among Super Primary Dealers in Italian Government Bonds (Ministry of the Treasury)
Global Finance
Leading position in Renewable and Infrastructures Project Financing
Among the top 5 Export Credit Banks for a decade
Global Markets
#1 Italian ETFs market by AUM (about 50% Market share)
#1 Italian Warrants market by turnover and number of contracts (about 60% Market share)
Best Equity Derivatives House since 2004 (Risk Italia)
SGSS S.p.A. is a local bank exclusively dedicated to securities services with more than 490 qualified professionals, able to combine an excellent knowledge of the local market with the global expertise of Société Générale Group.
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) is part of the Global Investment Management & Services (GIMS) - one of the 3 divisions of the banking group together with the Retail Banking & Specialized Financial Services and Corporate & Investment Banking.
SGSS is the 6th largest worldwide global custodian and 2nd largest in Europe. It provides custody & trustee services for 3,062 funds and the valuation of 4,663 funds, representing assets under administration of 450 billion euros at end-December 2009.
SGSS entered officially in Italy in September 2006, following the acquisition of securities services from UniCredit Group. Since this date SGSS operates in Italy through a local legal structure: SGSS S.p.A. which offers wider and highly-personalized services with the goal of excellence in meeting the demands of our customers.
Our solutions:
- Custodian Bank
- Depositary Bank
- Fund Administration
- Local Transfer Agent
- Financial Services
- Liquidity Management
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Compared to other foreign players, the main competitive advantages of SGSS S.p.A. are a combination of the excellent knowledge of the local market associated with the global expertise of Société Générale Group. Moreover SGSS S.p.A. is an Italian legal entity.
On one hand SGSS S.p.A. benefits from the size and strength of an important international group and on the other hand from the deep knowledge of the local industry and regulations.
Fiditalia has been operating for over 25 years in the consumer credit market.
Our core business is the provision of credit to Italian families through different financial product lines: personal loans, CQS (a specific kind of personal loan), point of sale financing, credit cards.
We have a wide and diversified sales network of over 190 credit shops, distributed throughout the entire country.
In our B2B activity we develop and maintain relations with important business partners, top performers in their sectors of activity (automotive, furniture, healthcare, IT, etc).
Currently, Fiditalia has about 700 employees.
Fiditalia in figures
- Equity : more than 220 millions Euro
- More than 190 credit shops all over the country
- More than 700 employees
- More than 1 million active clients
- More than13,000 active dealerships / points of sale
ALD Automotive is the operational leasing and fleet management subsidiary of the Société Générale Group.
ALD Automotive is the second largest providers in Europe and a company of reference on its market:
- Operates in 39 countries worldwide
- Employs 3,800 persons dedicated to customer satisfaction
- Manages over 790,231 vehicles
ALD Automotive Italy
- 1981 – Established Hertz Laesing
- 1987 – Hertz Leasing spin-off into Axus Italiana
- 1997 – Re-branded as Axus Italiana
- 2000 – Re-branded as Hertz Lease
- 2003 – Société Générale new shareholder - Re-branded as ALD Automotive
- 2005 – 8,500 customers, 53,000 vehicles, 256 people on staff
- 2006 – 9,000 customers, 60,000 vehicles, 280 people on staff
- June 2007 – 12,400 customers, 65,000 vehicles, 305 people on staff
- August 2007 – Acquisition of Locatrent S.p.A.
- December 2008 – Finalization of the Locatrent S.p.A. acquisition
- December 2009 – 17,000 customers, 90,000 vehicles, 400 people on staff
Our values
- Professionalism - is at the heart of our culture. Our customers believe in us and our professionalism. We strengthen this confidence day after day by expanding our expertise and exchanging experiences.
- Team spirit - is our strength. We are receptive, keen to learn from the diverse viewpoints of all our colleagues. We are able to draw upon a vast diversity of talent and worldwide Group culture to give us a collective strength.
- Innovation - is our state of mind. Day after day, we seize opportunities brought by changes in our environment, we consistently anticipate our customers’ needs providing them new products and new services.
SG Equipment Finance Italy, part of Société Générale group, is a leading Italian specialist for equipment, real-estate and vendor finance.
The group meets the requirements of multinational vendors and financial partners with an international outlook. Furthermore we offer an attractive range of tailor-made financial services such as equipment loans and leasing for the asset-financing needs from small to medium-sized clients and large corporates. We have a proven expertise in factoring business.
Under the umbrella brand of SG Equipment Finance, our teams in Milan, Cesena and Treviso provide clients with our consolidated experience in the marketplaces.
Our aim is to be an employer with a strong corporate identity based on professionalism, team spirit and innovation. Some of the key factors in our success are the commitment, expertise, customer focus and service orientation of our employees.
Whether you are a recent graduate or an experienced professional, SG Equipment Finance Italy can offer you professional development opportunities in a competitive environment in the Italian financial market.
CGI Finance has designed a number of finance solutions for private individuals and professionals boat financing. These solutions are made available exclusively through our team of marine specialists in relation and in partnership with your boat dealers, who will offer rates immediately and guide the customer towards the best solution.
CGL Italia Spa is the Italian subsidiary of the CGI Group, a financial establishment founded in 1951 and a subsidiary of Société Générale.
With 21 branches in Europe and USA, over 200,000 clients, 75,000 new clients every year and 1 billion euros in loan finance.
Our partnership with the Beneteau Group allows us to offer marine financing solutions in around 250 distributors in Europe.
We are one of the leaders of pleasure yacht financing in Europe (both sail and power yachts) and are presently developing our business in French, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.